Maybe the single life didn’t appeal to Billy Ray Cyrus, since he announced on Thursday that he’s giving his marriage another try. The country crooner dropped his bombshell at the taping for an episode of “The View” that will air Friday. “I’ve dropped the divorce. I want to put my family back together … Things are the best they’ve ever been.”

This is quite a change for Cyrus, who last year separated from wife Tish after 17 years and blamed the series “Hannah Montana” for wrecking his family. He said on “The View,” “I don’t think ‘Hannah Montana’ ruined my family…Now fame, fame is a different animal. You’ve got to be careful with that thing.”

Cyrus also claims to have reconciled with his famous daughter Miley Cyrus, who has come under fire for her wild ways. “I feel like I got my Miley back in a way. I feel like we are the daddy and daughter that we were before ‘Hannah Montana’ happened.” That seems doubtful, since before the show started, Miley was a 12-year-old kid and now she’s a very grown-up 18-year-old woman.

This definitely seems like a positive thing for the Cyrus family, which still has two children younger than Miley at home. Maybe Miley being of age and living on her own will give her parents one less area of conflict. Good luck to the reunited Cyrus clan!